Tras leer este artículo de Álvaro Vargas Llosa he ganado dos certezas:
- no pertenezco a la «derecha europea».Sigo sin ver absolutamente nada positivo en la elección de Obama como presidente USA,
- la izquierda europea está, definitivamente, convirtiéndose en reaccionaria.
The European right appears more enthusiastic about the liberal Obama than the left. French political scientist Dominique Moisi seems to think the Democrat will give pro-American Europeans some arguments to «sell» the United States among anti-Americans. «Why is Obama so different,» he asks in a recent syndicated essay, «from the other presidential candidates? After all, in foreign policy matters, the next president’s room to maneuver will be very small. He (or she) will have to stay in Iraq, engage in the Israel-Palestine conflict on the side of Israel, confront a tougher Russia, deal with an ever more ambitious China, and face the challenge of global warming. If Obama can make a difference, it is not because of his policy choices, but because of what he is. The very moment he appears on the world’s television screens, victorious and smiling, America’s image and soft power would experience something like a Copernican revolution.»
«America’s image and soft power would experience something like a Copernican revolution»
La buena intención no se le puede negar, ciertamente. Pero me juego mis vinilos contra sus ahorros a que ni sus ojitos ni los míos van a ver esa revolución copernicana en la izquierda europea. Ni en la derecha.
«If Obama can make a difference, it is not because of his policy choices, but because of what he is»
Seré rarito, pero a mí eso me suena a puro y duro racismo. Lo que «es» frente a lo que «se hace», lo que viene dado frente al producto del ejercicio de la libertad.